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>> in the news this sunday morning, even bigger crowds are expected in san francisco today for the giants, 49ers, bluegrass, and many more events. we will have a live report. and occupy protesters return to city hall but this time they announce a departure date. i'm terry mcsweeney in for carolyn tyler. let's take a quick look at the. here's meteorologist lisa argen. >> yesterday was beautiful. today starting off with a little built of fog. temperatures cool, low 50s north. but for today we are expecting still that area of low pressure to stay offshore so that will allow for a mix of clouds and sun with low to mid-60s
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coastside into the mid-70s the inland valleys and then a sharp cooling trend as we get to the evening hours and sunset. but we are still looking for the system to move closer to the coast, move over parts of the bay area and spread not only cloud cover, but still the chance of showers. timing is changed, though. i'll tell you good it coming up. terry. >> thank you very much. the annual fleet week celebration will wrap-up today with huge crowds expected to enjoy another airshow by the blue angels. and then will double up when the columbus day parade moves through north beach. we are joined live from the embarcadero with more on all of the stuff. good morning, cornell. >> hey, terry, good morning. san francisco knows how to throw a party but how about a half-dozen parties at the very same time? that's what's going on in san francisco. if you are coming to the city, as at least a million people did over the weekend, check it out. there will be lane closers, especially on the embarcadero.
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we will tell you more about that this a moment. but first check out the fireworks over san francisco last night. just beautiful. celebrating fleet week and those amazing blue angels who put on quite a show yesterday over the waterfront thrilling crowds. don't forget about the giants. playoff action begins again tonight at 6:30. most people heeded the warnings and took public transportation. even those folks who were heading to the waterfront, crissy field area, to see america cup yacht racing action on the bay which starts again today at 1:45. truly something for everybody today. >> mostly we came in to see the giants but we came in early to see fleet week. we want to see the blue angels and we want to go -- there's lots to do here today. >> the blue angels and the fleet week, that's why we are here. there's too much to do. >> and don't forget about that hardly strictly blue grass. so cool.
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that festival going on in golden gate park again today. at least two or three other festivals also happening in san francisco today, including the castro street fair, which will have market street closed at astro street. check out these barricades here. these will be in place from washington street north, all the way down to pier39. if you are on the edge bark dare row this morning and say, hey, what's going on, this is for bikes and pedacabs. the whole idea is to keep cars off the embarcadero. for the most part that did happen yesterday. personal note, i got on the embarcadero about 2:30 yesterday. what was i thinking, right? but i will never do that again. lesson learn. >> hope you enjoyed sitting in your car and looking around because you had time to think. thanks very much. mayor mayor ad lee said more
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taxis will be out today. and muni is providing extra service, including the 47l, special bus service from the civic center and stations. you will see additional ferries on the bay this weekend, including additional service for the larkspur ferry. when you finally get where you are going, would you be kind enough to share the fun with us. we want to see how you are spending your videos. e-mail it to ureport at abcnews.com/slash u a little girl is dead and two injured as a minivan plowed into a parking lot yesterday morning. abc7 news reporter thomas tells us more. >> the little girl died. oh, my god. >> dennis reyes just learned a
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six-year-old girl was hit by a mini van in the parking lot had died. it happened a little before 9:00 a.m. on south gate avenue as children were leaving a religion class. yellow police tape and red circles mark where the bodies of two women and the six-year-old lay after being struck. >> the two mothers were victims. i saw them lying, one in the grass and one in the pavement. and then i saw the seven-year-old kid, she was in shock. >> the last time he saw the child she was breathing. she died here at san francisco general hospital with the other two female victims were brought. one of the women is the mother of the six-year-old. what brought the tragedy closer to the reyes family was their girl knew their girl. >> it was my son's classmate. >> parishioners were shocked and saddened by the accident. according to dennis reyes, the female driver of the anyone any
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van mistook the gas pedal for the brake pad and struck the three as they left the parking lot. >> my three grand daughters, they all went to catechism here. it was railroad sad for both families involved, everybody involved. >> the driver was still on scene when the officers arrived and she has not been arrested. >> abc7 news. >> in hercules police are looking for a examplar as family, friends and neighbors held a candlelight vigil last night to remember a woman found murdered in her home friday night. they ended up died guying the victim as susie koe. her husband claims the the murder enter the house through an unlocked patio door and he he said it is a safe neighborhood. >> my wife feels safe to work on the yard, you know, even at night. we have good neighbors here. something like this happening is extraordinary. i just don't understand why people don't have any regard for
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human life. this is just terrible. >> the family's vehicle was stolen and police are looking for a 2011 sky blue suburu outback with idaho plates. >> police in san francisco are looking for a man who tried to run down an officer. it happened in san francisco's bring sidio on lincoln avenue. united states park police officers say they saw a man trying to break into a car. when they tried to stop him, police said he got into another car and then tried to run the officer down. police fired at the suspect, but he got away. lincoln boulevard was closed while investigate -- while officers investigated that. san francisco's suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi will find out tuesday if he keeps his job. the mayor suspended america after he pled guilty to charges in march coming from a domestic dispute with his wife on new onw new year's eve. he will keep his job unless nine
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supervisors vote to fire him. so far most supervisors have been mum about how they will vote tuesday. this morning occupy protesters are camped out at city hall had after police decided in the middle of the night to allow them to stay. it always havoc pooer protesters were in city hall last year. the group plans to stay there until at least noon today. about ten protesters remained after police left the scene about 1:00 this morning. organizers say the protest was only supposed to last about 24 hours. an anti-police, anti-capitalism march in san francisco this weekend ended with view cyclones arrest. it was in the financial district. police called it an unlicensed march and arrested people who refused to leave the area. they smashed windows at a starbucks, threw bags of paint. women called the police a cog in the machine. >> what they do to me they do to people all the time.
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they work on behalf of the banks and corporations and don't serve the people at all. >> a search of backpacks discovered ice picks, hammer and paint and rocks. earlier a san francisco police officer was slightly injured during a loud but mostly peaceful anti-war protest downtown. as demonstrators marched the officer was cut by fallen broken glass from a window above. witnesses say someone accidentally broke the glass trying to you shut the window. it involves the 11 year anniversary of nato involvement in afghanistan, the longest running american conflict in our history. and three homes had to be evacuated of a explosive devices were found. they were in casanova park. they were bottled filled with a clear rick width and 4 metal foil around them. a robot was used to disable the bottles and the park was open by late afternoon. still ahead, you have never paid more at the pump.
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california gas prices hit record highs and they are predict it had go higher. and president obama returns for another round of fundraising. we will update both ♪ just put a little bit of yourself ♪ ♪ in everything you do [ female announcer ] add your own ingredients to hamburger helper for a fresh take on a quick, delicious meal. it's one box with hundreds of possibilities. of green giant vegetables it's easy to eat like a giant... ♪ and feel like a green giant. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant [ humming ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again?
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is very costly. so in order to kind of like make it balance i just go in less hours, cutoff some days and that cuts down on my gas. >> she might be cutting back some more hours because analysts predict gas prices are likely to continue to drive over the next few days. the presidential election is now less than a month away and the candidates are focusing on undecided voters in a handful of critical swing states. this comes as mitt romney kicks off stumping for votes in florida and president obama took a romantic break from the campaign trail. >> mitt romney had the campaign trail all to himself. the republican contender stumped for votes in the critical state of florida. >> i'm counting on florida to win this for me on november 6th. >> the battleground polling, florida has turned into a must-win for the romney
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campaign. ann romney expressed confidence in her husband's chances there. >> he stopped by an office in florida and brought pizza and a pep talk. >> we appreciate the help you are giving us. >> otherwise it was a strangely quiet day on the campaign trail. they raised $181 million in september, the obama campaign. president obama took the day off. they were planning to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. the marital milestone fell on wednesday, october 3rd but the president was a bit reoccupied. >> he just want to wish, sweetie, you happy anniversary and a year from now we will not be celebrating it in front of 40 million people. >> this week it's the running meat's turn in the pressure cooker. the vice presidential debate is
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set for thursday night. >> there will be a fireworks. you have joe biden who is sort of everyone's uncle, for better or worse. abc news, washington. >> president obama will be in the bay area this week for another fundraiser. he will be taking part in a concert and rally tomorrow at san francisco's bill graham's vic auditorium. tickets start at $100 and go as high as $7,500. and a look ahead to the next debate as we are talking about it on the round table. don't miss it with george stephanopoulos right here on abc7. lisa argen here yesterday and yesterday you talked about the light rain maybe coming in on monday. i hope we aren't moving that up because we have so many people coming to town today they don't need it. >> we are moving it down the road. >> where it belongs, i might add. >> this is definitely a slow mover. it's a system we've been following offshore. but right now we are talking a little fog north of here. here is the high definition
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emeryville camera. a little cloudy, napa, sonoma, the usual spots. mid-50s in oakland. we will talk about the forecast today and when we might see rain next. >> also next in sports, a rough start to the playoffs for both the giants [ male announcer ] this is the opposite of subliminal advertising... there's no subtext... just tacos. yeah, it's our job to make you want it. but honestly... it's not that hard. old el paso. when you gotta have mexican.
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the the hardly strictly or the blue angels or the giants or the niners yet but if you are thinking of going to the golden gate bridge to check out the blue angels, an incredible place to check it out from. lisa argen is telling me it was good yesterday and it will be good again today when the blue angels fly. some high clouds but nothing between you and the beloved blue angels. gold country town is celebrating the grand are reopening of a national hotel. the about an hour southeast of sacramento, the hotel. it's been in operation since 1963. it includes guests like mark twain and the outlaw black bart. after a two year, $4 million renovation, the national hotel now has the classic 19th century feel in a modern, luxury setting. >> we have people coming from the bay area and southern california who came here in their younger days and had quite
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a wild time. now they want someplace nice to stay. >> part of the hotel's includes legendary actor genuine reportedly lost $56,000 in a four-day poker game. these days they would have had is surveillance video and that would have been something. but interesting stuff. you tell me, not only about the fleet week and everything that's going on, you are giving reviews of the justin bieber and madonna concert? >> no, i'm really not. i was telling you if you want to see something go look on youtube last week. >> for justin bieber. >> yeah. not last night here. >> it will be a surprise. >> anyway we are looking at fog that formed again, napa, sonoma with a little bit of cloud cover. temperatures are not quite into the upper 40s. that's the cool spot that he saw yesterday while up north. it still could happen but right
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now sunrise, 7:11. and vollmer peak looking just fine this morning. live doppler 7 hd, tracking from our live sweep on top of mount saint helena. little going on but you see the fog and you will be looking at a few high clouds from time too time again. 55 in oakland. low 50s out toward livermore and the skies are clear as you head down the peninsula. some clear sky, of course, with the upper 40s from los gatos and even looking pretty good with visibility, no problem on the coast. 48 half moon bay. partly cloudy skies. we will see some fog form in the next couple of hours. high clouds with some sunshine again today. shower chances have been taken out of the forecast for tomorrow as this low continues to sluggishly move toward the coast and then by tuesday and wednesday it really heads south. that's where we are looking at some maybe higher elevation rain. here it is once again.
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hasn't moved much at all. in the days ahead, if you look at the time lines throughout the day today, several hundred miles west of the bay area. we are planning on another very nice day, although maybe a little cool for this time of year. look what happens on tuesday. actually tuesday night into wednesday. you will notice the south bay, the peninsula, santa cruz mountains. maybe an isolated shower and then the track continues far south. so you folks north of the golden gate maybe not seeing anything at all but perhaps some of the higher elevations. otherwise it sinks south into southern california. we are on the back side of it for a good portion of the week. 67 today in oakland with mid-60s in the city. so very little temperature change from yesterday. low 70s concord, 72 in san jose. and down by the monterey bay. looking good now with 64 in monterey, 75 in morgan hill. once again, the blue angels featured today with sunny conditions. we are looking at nice, low 06ths about 1:00, 2:00, probably
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mid-60s by about 4:00. head today candlestick. usually a breezy place. once again we will see a few clouds around, a little bit of a breeze. about about 6 1:30 and then mid-60s. and the look ahead, temperatures here showing low 70s, warmest areas. mid-60s. and then look at that, we are getting sunnier after this little system pushes east and south and that will bring numbers back into the mid-70s. so really not a whole lot of change day-to-day. we will be keeping track of the system because it's kind of hard to forecast when they are cutoff from the main branch of the jet stream. but i have to tell everyone it's not too late to win $49,000 from abc7. these people are taking the chance. deborah v of richmond, wendy w of san mateo and kimberly m have entered. it will be announce after the
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october 18th game. they have to go to the entry form where you go to abc7 facebook.com and click on the win $49,000 button for all the details. that's just around the corner. >> it's coming up. $49,000 to somebody out there. why not you? it's not going to be us. we can't enter. u.c. berkeley used last night's homecoming game to dedicate memorial stadium. ♪ since 1923 the stadium had been dedicate today all californians who died in world war 16789. they recently reopened after a $321 million renovation. stadium is now dedicated to all californians who have sacrificed their lives in service to the nation in any conflict. in sports it's a new day for the a's and giants. both teams find themselves down 1-0 in the best of five division series. mike shumann has this morning's
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sports. good morning. well, the giants were hosting reds yesterday in game one of the n.l. ds. matt cain was on the hill. you have to feel pretty good about your chance was matt and at&t park. johnny cueto toe got the start for the reds but only faced two batters. had back spasms. he hurt himself during warmups. he walked off almost in tears. but his replacement, sam, was solid. inning and two-thirds, struck out out buster poseycy. that's hard to do. phillips just drills one off matt cain, 2-1 shot. reds up 2. it gets worse for matt n the fourth jay bruce goes deep. he lasted five, not what you are used to with your ace. giants finally get on the board in the sixth. buster posey, see ya. solo shot off matt latos. fast forward to the ninth. two men on, the tieing run at
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the plate. but chap manfro, 100-mile high heat. reds take game one 5-2. game 2 at 6:0. well, the amazing a's in detroit for game one of the alcs and hit a little speed bump known as justin verlander. capacity crowd. coco crisp leads off the game with a homer to right. first of the postseason. the a's up 1-1 in a flash. but verlander settled down. seven innings, one run allowed. cliff pennington one of his strikeout victims. move to the third. big play, two out, barry, a little tapper. they tried to gloves to it and it backfired. infante course from second. 2-1. and bottom of five. he makes him pay. solo shot, 3-1, detroit. parker 6 innings, 3 runs, 5 strikeouts. detroit wins 3-1. they lead 1-0. game two this morning at 9:00 a.m. homecoming weekend down on
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the farm. stanford hosting arizona and what a finish in this one. it went back and forth. third quarter. young takes the hand-off. finds a seam. gets to the sideline. 55-yard touchdown run. his first of the season. stanford on top 23-33. arizona up 7 trying to pull away. to terrence miller. 10-yard touchdown. stanford trail 38-34. fourth and eight, nunez finds zach. that's a first down. then josh, by himself rolls right. third touchdown run. tied. go to o. t.. the first o. t. drive and stephon taylor steals it. 21-yard tohchdown. cardinals win a wild one. cal hosting ucla. a big game for zach maynard. first quarter connects. cal goes up 10. maynard, again, finds keenan
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allen. 16-7 at the half. zach with a man on a mission. the perfect pass to allen. 34-yard strike. maynard 25 of 30 for 295 yards and four td passes. also ran for one. cal pounds them 34-17, the final, improving to 2-4. 49ers host the bills. the highlights tonight at five. i'm mike shumann. have great day. a san francisco neighborhood suddenly infested with rats. that story coming up. and five terror suspects from overseas arrive in new york to takes charges. plus, the rebirth
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and feel like a green giant. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant >> live from the kgo broadcast center, this is abc7 news. >> topping our newscast this half-hour, five terrorism suspects appeared in court in new york city yesterday just hours after they were extradited to the united states from england. take a look at some video of the suspects' attorneys leaving court yesterday. aaron has the latest. >> radical person stood before the judge facing federal charges of conspiring to set up a terror training camp in oregon and kidnapping 16 tourists in yemen, two americans. >> very dangerous individual. not just inspired but worked
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operationally. charged having terrorist attacks being carried out against americans? >> the the 90s, the prosecutor said he turned the mosque into a breeding ground for extremists, attracting men like the 9/11 terrorists and including richard read, the shoe bomber. >> he was preaching hatred and preaching jihad and probably terrorism week and week out to thousands of young british muslims. >> he fought extradition to the united states while jailed in britain for inciting racial ojeda threat and encouraging them to kill anonymous leams. he was on a plane and bound for the u.s. a waiting trial with him are two other suspects accused of participating in the bombings of two american embassies in africa in 1998. 224 people died in those attacks, including twelve americans. two more men faced a judge in
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new haven. they reportedly used a connecticut internet service provider to raise cash and recruit and equip terrorists, including members of al-qaeda. abc news, new york. >> israel scrambled tighter jets to intercept a drone that crossed deep into israeli airspace this week. it was shot down over the country's southern desert. it is believed to be launchedly hezbollah out of lebanon. concern is growing for a ten-year old colorado girl that has been missing now for two days. jessica ridgway was last seen friday morning walk to go school. police believe she's been kidnapped. 400 volunteers turned out yesterday to search for jessica. police say she walked to a nearby park every morning to go to school. but friday jessica never showed up. the rare fungal meningitis outbreak across the u.s. has now killed seven people. the outbreak has spread to 60
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people in nine states. the cases are all linked to a steroid made by a specialty pharmacy in massachusetts. the steroid has been recalled. meningitis affects the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. in a bay area neighborhood a rat infestation blamed by the demolition of a nearby school. the rats came in after they started tearing down a prep academy back in august. the school closed more than a year ago because of poor test scores. neighbors claimed they never had a rat problem until now. the san francisco chronicle also reports that residents received a letter from the school district on friday and in it the district promises to help pay for roadent-proofing homes near the campus. in the last 20 years some of san francisco's biggest and oldest churches have closed their doors. now some of coming back. but in this assignment 7 report, abc7 news anchor carolyn tyler
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says don't expect the plays of worship to open back up to church-goer the. >> people once filled the pews at st. joseph's catholic church in san francisco south of market neighborhood. >> i know people who grew up here and got married in this church. i know people who were buried in this church. >> today st. joseph's is empty, stripped of its sacred shaw ryans. now another big empty san francisco church in need of a new life. >> i thought it was so amazing, but it was sad that it had not really been touched for 25 years. >> chris foley bought the nearly 100-year-old building three years ago. he's working with developer brian spears to remake this historic landmark. st. joseph's was closed after the 1989 earthquake because it failed to meet seismic standards. >> the technology companies and getting so hot, what we decided do is got it approved as an office building. >> the plans call for 22,000 square feet of office space and
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a restaurant. the exterior will be restored and the building brought up to modern codes. cost is what most often keeps churches from being restored. >> to rehabilitate a building like this is about $17 million to $19 million. >> st. joseph's is just a number of church buildings all over the city preservationists hope can be saved. >> the adaptation of a building like that that removes it from the vacant list that creates activity around and within a community or a neighborhood is far more valuable than seeing a building lie vacant. >> the second church of christ scientist on delores street was build back in 1915. it's an important architectural landmark. >> this is one of two wood-framed truss system domes in the city of san francisco. >> he is planning to turn the ornate church into four residential units. >> there would be three multi-level residential units on
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the ground floor and one lost unit up here in this dome. >> neighbors fought to keep the building from being torn down. >> we prefer that the building stayed as a church, but unfortunately the congregation was smaller and smaller and they couldn't afford to maintain the building but they had no choice but to sell the building. >> neighbors support the plan to convert the church into homes. they already knew he could do it. less than a block away he restored another church, turning it into a multimillion-dollar home. >> and he put in a beautiful kitchen, and when we turn this into classrooms we will keep the kitchen. >> when the property did not sell as a home, the private children's day school bought it to convert it into a middle school for 180 students. the castle-like architecture will remain untouched. >> a tutor gothic hog warts ambience of the school is wonder it will for middle age student.
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>> in san francisco, i would say the churches are probably worth being saved. >> but should every church be saved. that's the question being asked on this methodist church. it's falling apart. what hasn't rotted is vandalized. >> three or four structural engineers have said it's unsafe. >> the church closed nine years ago when the congregation shrank to about a dozen people. they could not afford the $6 million in repairs, so the church turned to developer john, and together they plan to tear it down and build 27 27 often of housing. >> this is all vandalism. >> but the it city is making it tough. last month officials rejected the plan, saying it would result in the demolition of a historic resource. >> religious institutions have the right to use and dispose of their property under both state and federal law. >> the church is appealing the decision. in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc7 news.
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the fbi says it's a growing problem. the number of lasers being pointed at airplanes and it could reach a new high this year. right now a live look at the bay from our emeryville camera. you can see nice and calm out there. the lights reflecting on the water. we have a nice day coming this way. a lot like yesterday, which was a darn nice day. more from lisa ar [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. can dodge a question. honey, how'd that test go? [ female announcer ] in just 60 seconds, you've got snack-defying, satisfying totino's pizza rolls. mmmm. mmm hmmm. mmmm. [ female announcer ] it's on. let's roll.
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old el paso. when you gotta have mexican. progresso. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>. >>:41 this saturday morning. if you have good-bye knock lars, it might be a good place to get a good look at the blue angels today. you can still see them without, but it would be something special with the binoculars. lisa is tell me it will be nice k warm up top mount tam. mid-70s and there shouldn't be clouds blocking your view as they go flying by.
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all right. this afternoon another cargo ship is scheduled to be launched from cape canaveral in florida to the international space station. the ship is financed by the private california company space-x. last may as you see in these pictures a similar ship docked with the station. they are contracted with n.a.s.a. to deliver several loads of cargo to the station. >> the fbi said the number of laser pointers being aimed at area planes is reaching an epidemic level. there could be 3700 less are attacks by the end of the year. that compared to just 283 incidents back in 2005. laser pointers can cause guilty to become temporarily lined. there have been at least 27 separate laser pointing areas in the bay area so far this year. some companies ever trying to turn around the world of printing. they are are creating 3d presenters that are getting closer to being able to be used in our homes. here's the cool technology. >> see the paper here? this is what you think of when
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you think of traditional printing. we went to a fair where 2d print being was a thing of the past. >> 3d presenters read blue presents of an object that are downloaded to a computer. so here's one getting a lot of attention. it's called form lines. >> the thinning people are excited about with the form-1 is the details. >> the technology used allows us to get much higher resolution. >> i want to beat you in chess using this one. >> you definitely want to beat me in chess using this one. >> good. >> the form-1 use as different process than most 3d presenters. light as opposed to heat and plastic. the crowded field of 3d presenters is still wonky tech. >> here's a sign that 3d printing may be becoming mainstream. he opened up a retail store just recently here in new york city devoted to selling those printers. >> he just released their reply
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kay tore 2. it's a faster model that produces higher resolution products. >> one of the ways we are different, this is our fourth generation machine. >> industrial 3d presenters have been around for decades. they have been used for everything from printing prosthetic limbs to food. 3d printers are getting closer to household use. teachers are using them too. >> they were able to present these buildings and then what they did, they actually put them out on a table and created river in the sand table and then flooded the river and what that allowed the kids to do is really see how soil erosion works. >> right now it can only print plastic and a six inch item can take hours to print. but they say they can spur invasion. >> you go to the j.c. penney website and you want to drive load drivers for your presenter and download it and hit it. >> much cooler than this? >> i think so. >> in new york. >> we have the giants playing, the niners are playing, all
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kinds of stuff going on here. everybody is just looking to you saying can you give us some blue skies for the blue angels and the bluegrass? >> it was beautiful yesterday. not looking at much in the way of cloud cover. this morning some fog napa, sonoma. here's the roof camera. the win is pretty calm out there. we are looking at andrew abbott sent sent malayer. but changes are coming from the weather system offshore and the timing has changed, too. we will talk about it next. >> also next a day area brake through that could save millions of lives. local researchers discover a new way for women to block
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pedestrian on the sidewalk. it will be crowded down there again today with the blue angels coming out. we have a live report coming up from the embarcadero from abc7 news reporter cornell bernard coming up in there 12 minutes to tell us what the scene is down there. take another look at all the stuff going on in san francisco today. >> bay area researchers are launching a project that could ultimately save millions of women from being infected by the a.i.d.s. virus. the delivery system puts the technology in the hands of women themselves. health and science reporter carolyn johnson has more. it's estimated 3,000 women around the world are infected with - every day. a imagine of those cases are in sub sahara, africa. but now this team in menlo park are developing a gel they believe will cut those numbers dramatically. >> it's a two-part gel. when applied to the site, it will stick for such a long time, at the same time it is two drugs, one effective against hiv
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and the other effective. >> it is to protect women during intercourse from hiv and hsv, a form of genital herpes also rampant in africa. it would be an alternative in male-dominated cultures that sometimes discourage the use of condemns. >> therefore you want to empower the women to take charge of their own health. >> the project recently received a boost from the national institute of health. in july it awarded them a half million dollars grant to fund the research for two years. >> they believe the combination therapy could be particularly effective because hsv-2 infections leave women more vulnerable to contracting hiv. it suggests in the microgel were used by even a fraction of women having unprotected sex in the developing world, it to prevent
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hundreds of thousands of infections every year. and the team hopes to speed the approval process. >> we are quickly hoping that the next two years we can take this product to a stage where we can actually get down there and say we are going to start a medical study hopefully in africa in a few years. >> carolyn johnson reporting try searchers are hoping the final version of the gel will last up to 8 hours. lisa argen joins us now. we are talking about some fantastically, fortunately, beautiful, perfect weather for the busy weekend that will continue. >> it is. we have a system sitting offshore and not moving. >> it's not welcome right now. >> no, it isn't. >> we around going to open up the golden gate. >> okay, good. good plan. and i'm going ahead with that, as well. as we head outside right now. it is basically clear from san francisco on south. but we do have clouds to the north. and with good radiational cooling it has dropped off for
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temperatures. we have a slower nature to the revolution of this pattern that is blocking an area of low pressure offshore. so live doppler 7 hd shows that we do have a little bit in the way of cloud cover and the marine layer has continued to be mixed on out because of this system that sits offshore. so that inversion is gone and we are just looking at some cool numbers into the 40s due to the clear sky, the calm winds, and with that the temperatures dropping to the due point. we do have some chilly readings there in the napa valley. 55 in the city with 54 in fremont and 52 in livermore this morning. we will call it partly cloudy. more clouds favoring the north bay. just a few high clouds today. plenty of sunshine. and the showers become a little bit more possible, but still edging toward the southern portion of the bay area come tuesday and into wednesday. so this system still staying offshore, and then sinking south. so notice, it really hasn't
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moved at all. and that's because we have a blocking pattern going on, and with that a couple of systems rotating around the low and that's allowing for still some dryer air to be pushed into the bay. a lot of sunshine. and just us ting to look at this finally sinking to the south. but today, the forecast is just for a few high clouds and then come monday shower chances have been removed. it's not until late tuesday we will see a few more clouds, mid-level clouds swing on up and then into wednesday as the low sinks south, value california, southern california, maybe the higher elevations of the future bay, haven't cruz mountains could see an isolated shower but still not a whole lot expecting out of that. temperatures in the upper 70s so a little bit warmer today in sacramento with low 80s in fresno. a cool start in the mountain, though. low 60s for afternoon highs and dig
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big sur, low 70s. golden gate park, a few high clouds but still a nice afternoon, 67 in oakland with the mid-70s returning for gilroy today. 74 in hollister, 64 in monterey. the look ahead calls for the numbers to drop off a little bit with a few more clouds tomorrow. low 70s, mid-60s around the bay with just about 60 at our coast and finally by thursday it looks like the system sinks off. but we could see a few raindrops tuesday and wednesday and some mid-70s. but things getting a little more active, even into next weekend. we could look at another system or another warming trend, sort of either way. we will be watching it. >> and that is what you have to watch because it could go either way. >> yeah, certainly. >> you will be watching it as we get closer. >> i will. >> next, a heartbroken dog makes an amazing journey, almost unbelievable. the adventure the of zander would let nothing stand in his way of being by his owner's side.
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mystery how some dogs can do this. >> this dog can get out of that yard and start wandering around and wind up in front of the hospital, it's like one in a million. >> of course, we are buddies, man. he came to see me. >> zander, it wasn't an easy pass. had to pass through a stream, cross a highway and navigate strange streets to get to that hospital burks he made it. truly amazing. next at six, even bigger crowds are expected today as about a million people come for fleet week and all kinds of other activities to san francisco. an occupy san jose protesters return to city hall to set up camp, but not for long.
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